January 14 – The Today Show premieres on NBC, becoming one of the longest-running television series in America.
Februaryedit
February 2 – Groundhog Day tropical storm forms just north of Cuba, moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southern Florida the next day as a gale-force storm and transitions to a tropical storm over the Atlantic (only Atlantic tropical storm on record in February).
February 6 – A mechanical heart is used for the first time in a human patient.
February 20 – Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-Americanumpire in organized baseball, by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
July 19–26 – Washington D.C. UFO incident. Several alleged UFOs tracked on multiple radars. Jets scramble on several occasions and the objects take evasive action, only to return after the jets leave the area.
August 22 – A 5.8 Mw aftershock affects Bakersfield with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing two and causing an additional $10 million in damage.
October 16 – Limelight opens in London; writer/actor/director/producer Charlie Chaplin arrives by ocean liner; in transit his re-entry permit to the USA is revoked by J. Edgar Hoover.
October 1 to 31 – With an average coast-to-coast precipitation of 0.54 inches or 13.7 millimetres,[1] this is easily the driest month over the contiguous United States since reliable records began in 1895[2] (The second-driest, November 1917, averaged as much as 0.95 inches or 24.1 millimetres.)
^Winston, Jay S.; ‘The Weather and Circulation of October 1952: The Driest Month on Record in the United States’; Monthly Weather Review; 80(10); pp. 190–194
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^"The Top 40 Christmas Oldies Songs". Oldies.about.com. 1952-07-15. Archived from the original on 2016-12-18. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
^Remembering Meck Co. first Black female prosecutor and superior judge, Shirley Fulton
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^Shelby Jordan dead: College football Hall of Famer and NFL star dies at 70
^Jim Bolla, winningest coach in Lady Rebels history, dies
^Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. 24 September 2019. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-64143-316-7.
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^Rich Clifford, astronaut who secretly flew with Parkinson's, dies at 69
^"Harry Anderson, magician and star of 'Night Court,' dies at 65". NBC News. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
^McKinley, Jesse (2002-01-26). "Ron Taylor, 49, Voice of Blues and a Plant, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
^Boston Red Sox broadcaster, ex-player Jerry Remy dies at age 68
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